Chesapeake boaters escape serious injury after collision
by Martin Weil and Reis Thebault 23 Aug 2018 09:12 PDT
Two boats, one a sailboat and the other an engine-powered fishing boat, collided on Friday in the Chesapeake Bay, a crash that caused no serious injuries, authorities said.
Two people were aboard the sailboat, named Levitation, and seven were on the fishing boat called Hunter, the Coast Guard said. Maryland Natural Resources Police said the crash occurred near Thomas Point, which juts into the bay south of Annapolis.
The Hunter — which police described as a charter fishing boat from Kent Island, 10 miles east of Annapolis in the bay — overrode the sailboat and ended up atop its hull, until the two were almost perpendicular.
The bow of the fishing boat projected beyond one side of the sailboat's hull, the port side. The stern projected beyond the other side of the sailboat.
In a photograph of the tangle, the fishing boat's bow is seen pointed up, the stern down, touching the water.
A sailboat under sail and not running its engine has the right of way, police said, speaking generally. A fishing boat could have priority if engaged in a certain kind of fishing, but authorities declined to say whether that was the case here. and also did not say whether the sailboat's engine was running.
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